Training
Wait Versus Stay: Two Cues, Two Jobs
Most dogs have one muddled cue doing two jobs badly. Splitting wait and stay makes both more reliable and takes about a fortnight to teach.
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Most dogs have one muddled cue doing two jobs badly. Splitting wait and stay makes both more reliable and takes about a fortnight to teach.
A stay that holds when it matters is built from three separate skills, trained one at a time. Here is the progression, and the mistake that breaks almost every stay.